Language: English (Frequent usage of imaginary words by the author.)
Time and Place Written: 2006 - 2009; United States of America
Date of First Publication: September 14, 2008
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Narrator: Katniss Everdeen
Point of View: Katniss Everdeen’s point of view. The readers view the novel through a First-Person Point of View.
Tone: Katniss Everdeen’s tone varies between, calm, excited, overwhelmed, fearful, hatred and many other various emotions that she feels in different sections of the novel.
Tense: Present
Setting (Time): Unidentified future time period
Setting (Place): Panem, located in North America after the destruction.
Protagonist: Katniss Everdeen
Major Conflict: At the beginning of the novel, Katniss volunteers to participate in “The Hunger Game” instead of her sister, Primrose Everdeen. While Katniss participates in
“The Hunger Games”, she struggles to survive, fight against her friends and enemies, to stay alive and keep her promise with her sister.
Rising Action: When Katniss Everdeen’s younger sister was elected, Katniss volunteers to replace her in “The Hunger Games”. Prior to the game, Katniss and Peeta Mellark,
another tribute from District 12, goes through various training, interviews, and tests. When all the tributes had gone through all the process, they were taken to an arena, where “The 74th Hunger Game” took place.
Climax: After 21 other tributes were killed and eliminated, Katniss Everdeen, Peeta Mellark and Cato are the only surviving tributes. Katniss and Peeta fight together to survive together, while Cato struggles to win the game.
Falling Action: In the end, Katniss and Peeta become the only remaining tributes in the game. They are both considered to be winners and taken back to their home.
Themes: Love, Peace, Opposing unfair and unjustifiable human nature.
Motifs: Survival, Friendship
Symbols: Mockingjays; Hunger Games; Avox;
Foreshadowing: The author, Suzanne Collins, uses detailed descriptions of surrounding environments to foreshadow the possible upcoming events. Also, the way of thinking
of several main characters allows the readers to be able to predict the possible outcomes.
The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins
Key Facts
Full Title: The Hunger Games
Author: Suzanne Collins
Type of Work: Novel
Genre: Science Fiction, Adventure, Young Adult
Language: English (Frequent usage of imaginary words by the author.)
Time and Place Written: 2006 - 2009; United States of America
Date of First Publication: September 14, 2008
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Narrator: Katniss Everdeen
Point of View: Katniss Everdeen’s point of view. The readers view the novel through a First-Person Point of View.
Tone: Katniss Everdeen’s tone varies between, calm, excited, overwhelmed, fearful, hatred and many other various emotions that she feels in different sections of the novel.
Tense: Present
Setting (Time): Unidentified future time period
Setting (Place): Panem, located in North America after the destruction.
Protagonist: Katniss Everdeen
Major Conflict: At the beginning of the novel, Katniss volunteers to participate in “The Hunger Game” instead of her sister, Primrose Everdeen. While Katniss participates in
“The Hunger Games”, she struggles to survive, fight against her friends and enemies, to stay alive and keep her promise with her sister.
Rising Action: When Katniss Everdeen’s younger sister was elected, Katniss volunteers to replace her in “The Hunger Games”. Prior to the game, Katniss and Peeta Mellark,
another tribute from District 12, goes through various training, interviews, and tests. When all the tributes had gone through all the process, they were taken to an arena, where “The 74th Hunger Game” took place.
Climax: After 21 other tributes were killed and eliminated, Katniss Everdeen, Peeta Mellark and Cato are the only surviving tributes. Katniss and Peeta fight together to survive together, while Cato struggles to win the game.
Falling Action: In the end, Katniss and Peeta become the only remaining tributes in the game. They are both considered to be winners and taken back to their home.
Themes: Love, Peace, Opposing unfair and unjustifiable human nature.
Motifs: Survival, Friendship
Symbols: Mockingjays; Hunger Games; Avox;
Foreshadowing: The author, Suzanne Collins, uses detailed descriptions of surrounding environments to foreshadow the possible upcoming events. Also, the way of thinking
of several main characters allows the readers to be able to predict the possible outcomes.